Kidepo’s new single ‘Water’ “is a melodramatic ode to being young and directionless,” originally penned when the multi-national artist was 21-years-old and studying at university. With a new signing to London label Good Years and serious hype surrounding the audio-visual teaser ‘One’, Kidepo has shared this aspirational track five years later. With a birdsong backdrop and intricate piano arrangement, Kidepo unravels his mystical narrative that speaks of overcoming obstacles in pursuit of boundless love. His vocal lifts and falls in concurrence with the heartbeat rhythm, before breaking away into raw, lo-fi interludes that do nothing to prepare you for the melancholic outro of tribal percussion and that quirky synth melody. At the last moment, it’s Kidepo himself that has the final say, a message from his younger self - “boundless water is where the love is.” - HT